Golden Globe Nominees at the Aero & Egyptian Theatres

Award season is in full swing. In February at the Cinematheque we will have our annual panels with the Oscar nominated film editors and the art directors and set directors, but the award show that really kicks the season off is the Golden Globes (founded in 1944).

Discover the best of 2011's international cinema with the Golden Globes'® foreign-language nominees. First see the five nominated films (listed below) January 9 - 13 at the Aero Theatre and then join us Saturday, January 15 at the Egyptian Theatre for a FREE round-table discussion with directors of the nominated films in person to conclude American Cinematheque's Golden Globe Foreign-Language Nominee Series (full series schedule can be viewed here

The Nominees Are:

Monday, January 9 at 7:30 PM at the Aero Theatre

Golden Globe Foreign-Language Nominee from U.S.A.:

IN THE LAND OF BLOOD AND HONEY

A VER ES MEZ FOLDJEN
2011, FilmDistrict, 127 min. Director: Angelina Jolie. Angelina Jolie's directorial debut is a war-torn romance between two people on either side of the ethnic divide during the Balkan War. In Bosnian with English subtitles. Details

Tuesday, January 10 at 7:30 PM at the Aero Theatre

Golden Globe Foreign-Language Nominee from Spain:

THE SKIN I LIVE IN, LA PIEL QUE HABITO
2011, Sony Pictures Classics, 117 min. Director: Pedro Almodovar. The latest film from Pedro Almodovar reunites him with star Antonio Banderas, who plays Dr. Robert Ledgard, a plastic surgeon inspired to develop an artificial skin after his wife burned to death. Described by Almodovar as "a horror story without screams or frights," THE SKIN I LIVE IN crawls with the byzantine plot twists, perversity and dark humor for which its writer-director is justly famous. Details

In Spanish with English subtitles.

Wednesday, January 11 at 7:30 PM at the Aero Theatre

Golden Globe Foreign-Language Nominee from Iran:

A SEPARATION

JODAEIYE NADER AZ SIMIN

2011, Sony Pictures Classics, 123 min. Director: Asghar Farhadi. In this wrenching family drama, the dissolution of an upper-middle class marriage reveals sexual, class and religious fault lines in contemporary Iran. Details

In Persian with English subtitles.

Thursday, January 12 at 7:30 PM at the Aero Theatre

Golden Globe Foreign-Language Nominee from Belgium:

THE KID WITH A BIKE

LE GAMIN AU VELO

2011, Sundance Selects, 87 min. Directors: Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne. This Grand Prix winner at the Cannes Film Festival from directors Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne is the story of a troubled 11-year old boy who lands at a state group home when his father abandons him and his unlikely relationship with a single hairdresser who agrees to host him on weekends. Directors Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne will appear in person for discussion following the film. Details

In French with English subtitles.

Friday, January 13 at 7:30 PM at the Aero Theatre

Golden Globe Foreign-Language Nominee from China:

THE FLOWERS OF WAR

JIN LING SHI SAN CHAI
2011, Wrekin Hill/Row 1, 145 min. Director: Zhang Yimou. The director of RAISE THE RED LANTERN and HOUSE OF FLYING DAGGERS adapts a book set in 1937 during the second Sino-Japanese War about an American missionary (Christian Bale) at a Catholic church in Nanjing, China where schoolgirls and local prostitutes seek sanctuary when the Japanese invade. Details

In Mandarin with English subtitles.